Sarita Devi (para-archer) explained

Sarita Devi (born 1 January 1987)^[1] is an Indian para-archer from Jammu and Kashmir. She won a silver and a bronze medal at the 2022 Asian Para Games.

Career

She represented India at the 2022 Asian Para Games held at Gangzhou, China.^[2] She won a bronze medal in the Women's compound archery open section of the Para Asian Archery Championship winning the all-Indian play-off for bronze defeating compatriot Jyoti Baliyan 139–135.^[3] She also won a silver medal in the team event along with Sheetal Devi, to whom she lost the semifinal in the individual event.^{[4] [5]}

She trained for the Asian Games at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine's sports complex at Katra.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archer . 2024-01-01 . www.indianarchery.info.
2. Web site: 2023-11-20 . Para Asian Archery Championship: Sarita Devi Claims Bronze, Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar Raech Finals . 2024-01-01 . News18 . en.
3. Web site: Sportstar . Team . 2023-11-20 . Para Asian Archery Championship: Sarita wins bronze; Sheetal, Rakesh in line for gold medal . 2024-01-01 . Sportstar . en.
4. Web site: Sudharsan . M . Asian Para Games 2023: Sheetal Devi, Sarita combine to win compound women's doubles silver . 2024-01-01 . Khel Now . English.
5. Web site: Jain . Deepanshu . 2023-11-20 . Asian Para Archery Championships: Sarita wins bronze in women's compound event . 2024-01-01 . thebridge.in . en.
6. Web site: 2023-10-28 . Two gold medals for J&K archers at Asian Para Games . 2024-01-01 . Hindustan Times . en.